Ridiculous rates

No they don't. About 2 months ago I took $5,600 dry hazmat 28k to miami from Chicago. I spent $600 on fuel. It took me two days to be empty on Wednesday AM. Stopped by the loves near fort pierce got some amazing Peruvian food lol, deadheaded to Marlborough, Ma. Yes deadheaded about 1500 to northeast. My good guy called me to pick up a reefer hazmat load for $6300. 30k on the weight, 60 on the reefer, to deliver in Phoenix, AZ on Monday. Yeah I had an emergency call from TQL to take their 44k of frozen sea food to Laredo for $1700 from Miami. From Arizona I dead headed to NM about 300 miles to take 5,375 to Virginia, from Norfolk Virginia I got $2,100 to Mass. Delivery Tuesday. Dead headed back to chicago.. After all my bills I netted about 9k in 8 days .. My rate per mile probably sucks. I spent time on some FB group RPMM, and majority of guys on there were a joke.. 5 bucks a mile ohhhhhh weeee... On 80 miles..

 

That Peruvian place next to Loves is some good eating!!!!!

 

What is Peruvian food?

 

Good stuff

http://www.lagranjarestaurants.com/en/

You can see on there webpage what they have...

 

Oh man! Typically I buy extra 2 platters for later. Their sauces mixed with their rice and whatever meat you choose are too irresistible! I love that place!

 

I understand the concept but I just don't operate that way. Like I said earlier in the post for some guys $2,700 on 900 miles to Miami is what they would consider a good rate and I wouldn't haul it for anywhere near that. I might not go there often but when I do you will never hear me say "it was a good rate but it went to a bad reload area". If it was a good rate there will never be a "but it was a bad reload area". I can grab 50 cents a mile from Miami back up north or I can go to Atlanta and grab the same revenue to the same destination. Either way it was a quick turn around win, win and there was no excuse about how part of it was bad.

 

I agree, but also this whole "rate per mile" crap that some guys try to "perfect" and their "at least I got something" and the whole "why would I drive empty" is a bad mindset.

I have my own MC etc. I use factoring at 1.5% to make sure I'm paid every Thursday. Thing is I never focus on my current load. I always think of the next load.

My weekly overhead is about $900. Everything else is fuel and 1.5%. I don't need to carry a .50 load. Rule of thumb to me is to gross $6,000 a week minimum. This may mean extra stops. 1.20 a mile or 6 dollars a mile. It may mean I have to dead head 1000 miles. But I don't deadhead without a load that will make my goal come through. I have over 20 guys leased to me. They all book their own loads. When we have a deal with a shipper we all sign up and run it, but find backhaul a by ourselves. Every guys understands what it takes them to make money.

None of us look at rate per mile. We only look at the profits.

Now things like deadhead, weight, etc .. Well we all look at what works for us. One guy dead heads to London, Ky once a week to go to AZ with 4 thousand pounds two pallets. Reefer hazmat for coca cola. They pay him $6500. He does only that load... Dead heads home. Is he stupid? Yeah he could make more.. But he still clears out 3k by taking one 4k two pallet load of "corrosive".

 

I would be careful posting your gravy on this forum. I know for a fact that that the lowest brokerage lifeforms such as tql watch this forum pretty close.

 

Well I don't work with TQL anymore at all. CH Robinson, or Landstar. Most of brokers we work with never go into load boards. We send each other Christmas gifts and little cute ####
Like that lol. TQL is chick without make up that puts it on once in a while when her pimp becomes strong armed.

 

Actually, I quoted a freight broker I know from Houston who said that his company was saying that. That must of have been their company motto or something. He said he never liked the philosophy but was told that was the plan. He was an OO at one time himself too.